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Monterey Bay

Heart Attack – Residency

55th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Heart Attack
Heart Attack Confirmed in the catalog @93954
Mar 15 – Apr 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Krill's Back, So Am I

Spring means krill dropping down my favorite shelf, and me right there for it.

127 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
121
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
23

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 15, 202690 m12.9°C71 m
Mar 16, 202695 m13.2°C48 m
Mar 18, 2026105 m13.8°C77 m
Mar 20, 2026116 m14.1°C29 m
Mar 21, 2026100 m13.8°C62 m
Mar 21, 202680 m13.8°C41 m
Mar 22, 2026238 m13.8°C127 m
Mar 22, 2026128 m13.8°C93 m
Apr 7, 202683 m14.3°C66 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 15, 2026 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Mar 15Mar 16, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Mar 16Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Mar 18Mar 20, 2026 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Mar 20Mar 21, 2026 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Mar 21Mar 21, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Mar 21Mar 22, 2026 — seafloor 238 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Mar 22Mar 22, 2026 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Mar 22Apr 7, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Apr 7

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

127 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
121
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
23
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150127 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (238 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Mar 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
238 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 238 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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